Safety razor



Feb. 5, 1929. `1,701,462

C. M. HICKEY SAFETY RAZOR Filed Sept. 28, 1927 SES 11 j 1a INVENTOR i W'TNES' CW'ZeSMJOE'y A BY M ATTRNEY l Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

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CHARLES M. HICKE'Y, ork NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY Razon.

Application filed September 28, 1927. Serial No. 222,603.

rlhis invention relates tosafety razors, and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein a double edge blade may be used, but only oneedge in operative posi- *n blade is -to be stropped; y

in the accon'ipanying drawing- Figure 1 isa plan view of a safety razor disclosing an embodiment of the invention, part of the handle being broken away.

Figure 2 is a rear edge view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Fig ure'1 on linev3-i3- c Figure 4 is a transverse y sectional view through Figure 1 on line 4-4. l

Figure 5is a plan View of embodying certain Figure 6 is a bottom plan view ofthe operating parts of the razor 'shown in Figure 1, the guard being shown in a reversed or in operative position.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 but with the guard in an operative position. f

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view through Figure 2 on line 8f-8.

Figure 9 is a plan view of the blade used in the razor shown in Figure 1.v

Referring to the accon'ipanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the shank of a'razor and 2 a handle which is pivotally mountedon the shank 1 by suitable pivotal means. 3. The

handle 2 may be of any desired or usual strueture adapted to' swing over. the remaining part-of the razor for protectingthe Vsame in the usual manner. vT he shank 1 merges into what may be termed a slotted neck 4 having a slot 5 acconnnodating the pivot pins G and 7 carried by the turned down ears 8 and 9 of the sliding clamp 10. The-slidingclamp 10 is provided with square openingsll and 12, each of saidopenings merging into a laterally extending slot 13. The neck 4 merges into what may be termed the body 14 of the razor, which body is comparatively thin' and ylat except at the rear edge, which'is widened by laterally extending flanges 15 and 16. These flanges extend a suiiieient distance to give the proper honing and stropping angle to the re-` has been done,

a sliding clamp' features of the invention.

.member 10. y Y l l Arranged on the opposite side of the bodyV Slot 30 is speetive edges of the blade 17.k The blade` 17 is rectangular and provided wit-h cut-v ting edges 18 and 19 and apertures 20. and 21. Body 14 is provided with two pairs of turned up ears 22, each ear of each pair having a turned over retainingflange 23.

yFlach. pair of ears 22 is formed so as toA easilyY pass through the apertures 20 and 21 in blade 17 so that the blade may be forced flatwise against the body 14. After this has beenfdone, the sliding clampk 10 is slid from the dotted position shown inFigure2, .over

to almost the full line position, and then swung downwardly until the ears 22 extend through the apertures 11 and 12. After this the clamping member' 10 is given` a. further sliding movement away from handle 2, and when this is done, theilanges 23 will slide over the vportions of clamp 10 on earhside of the slots 13. As the ears 22 are soniewhat resilient, as well as the flanges 23,l

the movement of the parts to the position just described, ient clamping action for clamping the blade 17 firmly in place, as well asthe clamping 14 to the blade 17, are slightly raised portions 24 and 25, said raised portions having sockets therein for accommodating the integral journal pins 26 and V27 formed on the guard 28. This guard is provided with suitable fingers 29 which produce the desired guarding action when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 7. Guard 28 isprovided with a slot 30 .through which a flat spring 31 extends, said spring having the rear portion 32 clamped rigidly to the body 14 by screws33. slightly wider than the thickness of the spring 31 and is also slightly longer. This will permit a sufficient longitudinal movement of guard 28`to permitthe journal pin' 26vto he inserted intothe socket in lug 24 a'suficient distance to permit journal pin 27 to pass lug 25. After this hasbeen done,

the guard is moved back so that the pini 27V will move into'the socket in lug 25, but this socket is so shallow .that pin 26 will not move out of the socket of lug24. i l Y `When the parts are mounted as jus-t dcscribed, the guard willfproduce the desired resil-r may be swung to the position shown in Figure l(i and held in thatv v ing the blade or to a razor is in condition for use. At any time the guard 28 may be swung to the position shown in Figure 6 and the edge of the blade 7 stropped in the usual manner. After stropping, the guard is swung back to the position shown in Figure 7 and the parts are in opera tive position. After having been used, the razor may be rinsed oil, the blade 17 removed and the various parts dried if desired.

In order to remove the'blade 17, the clamping member 10 is slid longitudinally vfrom the position shown in Figure 2 tow'ardthe right until the apertures 11 and 12 accommodate the respective ears 22. Clamp 10 may then be swungl upwardly further back out ot the way, after which the blade 17 may be raised oil' oit body 14. It will thus be seen that thel blade may be quickly applied or removed at any t-ime, and that the guard is normally lett in place but may be swung to a position guardpositionV permitting honing of the blade. v

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. A safety razor, comprising a body formed with a neck and with a plurality oi upstanding resilient ears formed with anges, a blade having apertures of a size whereby the blade may be placed on said body so that said ears will project through said apertures, a swinging clamp carried by said neck formed with apertures for permitting the clamping member to inoveV over said ears, each oli' said last mentioned apertures having a restricted neck whereby when said clamping member is moved longitudinally the `portioiis adjacent the neck will move beneath the flanges on said ears for producing a clamping action, and a guard arranged on said body on the opposite face yto the blade.

`2. A safety razor, comprising a body formed with laterally extending flanges on one edge, a neck extending yfrom one end of the body formed with grooves on opposite iaees, said neck merging into a shank, a handle pivotally mounted on said shank, said body being provided with a pair oi pressed up portions acting as ears, each of said ears having a turned over flange, a blade Jformed with a pair of apertures accommodating said ears when the blade is in position against said body, a clamping member formed with a body having a pair ot apertures and a restricted notch extending from `each aperture, said body at one end being formed with a pair ot ears, journal pins extending from said ears into said grooves in said neck whereby the clamping member is pivotally and slidingly mounted, said clamping member being adapted to be pivotally and slidingly moved to a position so that the ears will project through the apertures in the body of the clamping member and then move until the ears are fitted into said notches, a guard pivotally mounted on said body on the opposite side to said blade, said guard being swingable so as to overlap either edge of said body, and a flat spring extending loosely through said guard, said spring acting to resiliently lock the guard in either ol' two positions.

3 In a safety razor, a flat body formed with a neck extending therefrom havinggrooves in opposite laces, a blade fitted against said body and clamping means for clamping said blade in place, said clamping means including a clamp adapted to lit tlatwise against said blade, a pair ont ears at one end, and journal pins extending through said ears into said grooves whereby the clamping member may move pivotally and may slide longitudinally of the neck.v

ll. ln a safety razor, a body having a slotted shank, a blade positioned on the body and er.n tending from one edge of the body, means for removably clamping said blade on the body, a guard means including a pin extending through the slot i-n said `shank for pivotally mounting said guard on said body and overapping part of the blade, and spring means for resiliently holding the guard in place. Y

5. In a safety razor, a body, a blade flitted on the body, means for clamping the blade in place, agua-rd pivotally mounted on one face ot said body, said guard being formed with a slot, .and :a flat lspring rigidly secured to said body continually extending through said slot and acting to resiliently lock the guard in either of two posi-tions, said guard being adapted to be swung` to overlap one edgeof the blade and swung to an operative ,position away from the blade.

6. In a safety razor, a body formed flat except on one edge, said body being formed. with a slotted shank and a plurality of pairs et bent up ears, :ach ear having a itiange, a blade formed with openings whereby the same may be pinched over said pairs of ears and raised latwise against the body, and clamping means interlocking with said langes for clamping said blade in position, said clamping means including a pin extending through said slotted shank for `pivotally mounting said lclamping means on said shank.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 26th day of September, A. D. 1927. Y

CHARLES M. HICKEY. 

